R I T 1916 b A . RALEI H COPY G H . y S . G ' Co ri hted and Rei s ered at S ati ers Hall Lo ndo n py g g t t on . (A ll R ights R es erved) COPYRIG HT IN ALL COUN TRIES IG AT RIE T . S N O S O THEBERNECON! ENTION T HESTERLING PRESS CONTENTS TH OUGH UNMANIFEST eon IS MOST MANIFEST L so n I Th B n l N es . e G o d ey o d A l ame Le n II h Manif s i o n o sso . T e e tat o f G d II Lesso n I. Lesso n I! . The Unmanifest G o d L m an n e f o esso n ! . Th e I m e c o G d IN G OD ALONE IS G OOD AND ELSEWHERE NOWHERE . — ” L sso ! I T N of Ih Go o e n . h e ature e d Lesson ! II. Th e Pler om a o f th e Bad ! Th In ren Ba n ss Man Lesso n III. e he t d e of ’ L I! Th B a if l n Go esso n . e e u t u a d the o d . L ! Th Gn o sis o f th e Go o esso n . e d D ED ICATION T h r h i o . ea w o t o u t e u a G R S M d, h gh p bl c tio n o f his editio n o f the Sermons and Frag men s o f rme Tri me i n r he i e t He s s g stos, u de t t tl o f T hri ce G reatest H ermes ; made it po ssible f o r the English Reading Public to gain access to the rich mine o f Hermetic Wisdom co ntained therei n ; and in this way did a great deal in the great wo rk o f bringing the transcendental truths o f Hermetic Philo so phy to the kno wl edge o i the Mo dern wo rld ; who also thro ugh his wo rk in repro ducing the Gno si s through the medium o f his writings o n the G no sti c Fr agmen ts b ut especially in his editing o f the Gno stic Fragments ; thus aiding in the resto r i o n f h no si o f the in is series at o t e G s M d, th o f Lesso ns o n Hermetic Philo so phy i s lovingly e i e d d cat d . B h y t e Author. PHILOSOPHIA HERMETICA h m nif I Thoug Un a est G o d s Mo st Manif est . e ! . ea . hri (T xt G. R S M d T ce Greatest Her mes o r us Hermeti cum I P r ; C p (! ) ; G . a e Hermetis ri sme is i 41 -48 Pat th y, T g t , ; z i i ov de Univ r i P i hi 1z ’ N a e s s h lo so p a, b Iii l ) lo o s 1 r . h . I will ecount to t ee this sermon ( g ) to o O Tat at thou ma est a i h , , th y ce se to b e w t t he m teri f h n m ou t ys es o t e G o d beyo d all na e. And mark tho u well how That which to the man seems unmani s i r m m ni y fe t, w ll g ow o st a f est f o r thee. No er mani es I ou no t b e. Fo r w, w e It f t, t w ld all that i s mademanifest i s subject to b eco m in f i n made m ni B h g , o r t hath bee a fest. ut t e is Unmanifest f o rever , f o r It do th no t desire m ni r i m to b e a e ma f . ev s and a d est It e , keth mani e al e in f st l oth r th gs. Bein imse unmani es as ever ein g H lf f t, b g n ver m in -mani t im i no t a d e ak g fes , H self s ma mani i no ma im de fest. G o d s t de H self ; thin in -m ni est H hin et all in s by k g a f , e t k h th g m ni f . a es“t Now thinking-manifest deals with things ma e a o ne f o r t in in -manifes I no in d l , h k g t S th g e e h n m in ls t a ak g . ’ 2 H i n m e i . e en a o ne h s o t a s , th , l w o d , t ear i b o h e o n all o er o f in in cl , s t b y d p w th k g m ni n i nm ni a fest, a d s u a fest. An H hin h l hin mani es He d as e t ket a l t gs f t, m ni hr h l hin s an in all an a fests t oug a l t g d , d mo st o f all in whatso ever things He wills to ni ma fest. 8 PHILOS OPHIA H ERMETIC’A th o u hen Tat m n r , t , , y so , p ay first unto o ur o r and at er the One- n - n n L d F h , a d O ly O e, ro m hom the One ot om Hi f w d h c e, to sho w s mer un o t in r cy t hee, o der that thou mayest have the po wer to catch a thought o f thi s so mi G o d o ne sin e eam o f Him to shine ghty , gl b “ ” into e th in n F y th ki g . o r thought alo ne sees the Unmani es in tha i i i nm ni f t, t t s tself u a fest. If en ou s the r He i Tat , th , th ha t po we , w ll, , ’ manifes to th min s Th r t y d eyes. e Lo d ru es n t im n in m ni g dg o H self to a yth g, b ut a ests ims hro u h h f H elf t gh t e W o le wo rld . hou hast the o er o f ta in th ou ht o f T p w k g “g , ” seein it and ras in i in h o n h n g g p g t t y w a ds, ’ and a in f e f m g z g ac to ace upon Go d s I age. But if what is within thee even is unmanifest to thee ho hen sha H im h i , w, t , ll e H self w o s within thy self b e manifest f or thee by means o f [outer] eyes ? m 3. But if h u s i e in t o wouldst ee H , b th k ’ hee of the sun ethin t ee o f mo o n s ourse t , b k h c , f ho bethink thee o f the o rder o the stars. W ’ is the One who watcheth o er that order ? Fo r every o rder hath its - boundaries marked out n n r by place a d umbe . ’ The sun s the greatest go d o f go ds in heaven ; to whom all the heavenly go ds give place as in An h hi - rea un n m s er . d e t s so to k g a d a t , g t n r r h n h rth and sea eu o e, he g eate t a t e ea , dures to have above him circling smaller stars th him f r ho m o r o ut o f an . Out o espect to W , f ear f o m m on o th he do this ? o Wh , y s , [d ] Nor like no r equal is the course each o f n Who then these stars describes in heave . [ ] i s He who marketh o ut the manner o f their course and its extent ? Th h r h urne roun 4. e Bear up t e e t at t th d PHILOS OPHIA HERMETIC’A 9 i e f and arries r n h h o mo ts l , c ou d t e w o le c s s — ‘ with it Who is the owner of this instru ment ? Who He who hath set round the sea its bounds ? Who He who hath set on its seat the earth ? F r T t h i s o , a , t ere someo ne who i s the a er n h f n M k a d t e Lo rd o all these thi gs.